We have a lot coming up in the next couple of weeks. Tomorrow, our monthly Sketch Challenge will return. We will be announcing a new design team member later this week, and of course, our awesome design team will be back to inspire you with more layouts using our July kit.

Monday, June 23, 2014

Hi there! It´s time for me to show you four out of five of my projects that I created with the amazing July kit! You need to hang in there a bit for the sketch layout. You will just love this kit! It was so much fun working with the new Ombré Dreams from Blue Fern Studios! They can turn out so different depending of what colors you add. Hope you will be a bit inspired by my work!

The first layout is in fresh blue and white tones. Just love this photo of my boy smelling the Lilacs. He´s just like me and love to smell the flowers.

I used the stencil from the MM kid with some Gesso. I also painted the Princess Window in white. You find that Chipboard in the Embellishment add-on kit.

I also used supplies from the Main kit, Flower add-on, Embellie add-on and the MM kit.

From my own stash I used: Gesso, doilie, cardstock and a die.

My next layout is much more dramatic in the color choice! I just love to add a little bit of black to make the colors pop! I cut out stripes and smaller pieces from the Bo Bunny Ephemera bag. You find that bag in the Main kit. It´s filled with yummie stuff to use. I also used the button a rhinestone and the darker flowers from that bag. For this layout I also used supplies from the Main kit, Embellie add-on, Flower add-on and the MM kit.

Now on to my third page! Here I left some white space to let the pretty paper show properly. I cut out a large Butterfly from the Ephemera bag and used it behind all layers. In the Mixed-media kit you get some fun Burlap circles. I punced out circles from one of the Ephemera papers and glued them on to the Burlap ones. For extra depth I doodled a bit with a black pen. I used the arrows to point out the way the bubbles take.

I also used supplies from the Main kit, Mixed-media kit, Embellishment add-on and the Flower add-on kit.

From my own stash I used: black pen, circle punches

This is the last layout I have to show you today! Here I also added some black to get a nice contrast. I painted the chipboard leaves and the word in black. To get a soft feeling I added the bow to my chunky flower cluster. A tip is if you find the larger flowers to lumpy to put under your photos just rip them apart! Yes, you are allowed to do that! I often use the bottom petals under a photo and then I use the rest somewhere else.

For this layout I use the Main kit, Flowe add-on, MM kit and the Embellishment kit.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Hi! I am Tammy, a new DT member. I am so honored to be here for the first time on C'est Magnifique Kits to share what I've created with the Fabulous July Kit! Let me tell you this kit is packed with some awesome goodies!

This first layout I call "Cherish". It is a picture of my Husband and I.

I used items from the Main Kit, Flower Add-on, Embellishment Add-on, and the Magnifique Mixed Media Kit. I also used a paper punch, a doily, and pieces of cheesecloth from my stash. I also used a little bit of white stain on the purple flowers to soften the color.

I really love the romantic look I got from this kit!

I call my second layout "Sisters". The picture is our youngest daughter and a few of her sorority sisters when she was still in college.

I used items from the Main Kit, Flower Add-on, Embellishment Add-on, and the Magnifique Mixed Media Kit. I started by using some gesso from my stash. I used it on the paper, photo and a little on the burlap. I also used some green stain from my stash on the chipboard, The lamp post stamp from the Embellishment Add on kit went perfect with the picture. The butterflies above the DZ were fussy cut from the BoBunny package in the kit.(I don't throw anything away) This kit was really fun to play with!

I can't wait to see what the other Design Team Members have created with this kit!

Sunday, June 15, 2014

It's the middle of the month and that means we're here to give you look at the paper we will be using in our July Kit, the Magnifique Mixed Media Kit, and our two add-ons.

First up is the patterned paper that we will be featuring in July - the Ombré Dreams collection from Blue Fern Studios (an American company). C'est Magnifique Kits typically includes papers from manufacturers outside the United States. This month, however, due to the sale of the Kit Club, there was not enough time for the new owner to order paper outside the country. We feel confident you will love the paper we have selected for July, and in August, we will resume using paper from other countries.

Our July Magnifique Mixed Media Kit is now available in our Store. We will have a video tutorial on our blog soon by our very own Karita Vainio, You won't want to miss it! Our Magnifique Mixed Media Kits sell out quickly, so head over to the store to get yours now.

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Hi blog readers! Deonna, the new owner of C'est Magnifique Kits has been super busy behind the scenes getting everything ready for our upcoming July Kit. We will be giving you a sneak peek at it in just a few days. We can't wait for you to see what she has chosen for her very first kit!

Today we'd like to announce the winners of May Sketch Challenge, and show you a few of the layouts that we have chosen to feature.

Our first prize, chosen by Random.org, goes to..............#3, Carrie Sedlack. Congratulations Carrie!! You will receive a prize package from C'est Magnifique Kits. Please e-mail Deonna{at}cestmagnifiquekits{dot}com and she will give you
all the details. Your prize must be claimed within 7 days.

Take a look at the happy Disney inspired birthday layout Carrie created!

Our second prize, a $10 gift certificate to the C'est Magnifique Kits Store, is randomly awarded to a participant who used one of our kits to create their layout. Our winner this month is Alena Grinchuk. Please e-mail Deonna{at}cestmagnifiquekits{dot}com and she will send you your coupon
code. Your prize must be claimed within 7 days. Alena used our March Kit to create this stunning layout:

Now we would like to feature a few layouts from those who participated in the sketch challenge. These are in no particular order.

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Hi everyone. Today is a bittersweet day for me. I've been honored to be a part of the C'est Magnifique family for so long now, but it is now my turn to say good-bye. It's been a pleasure designing with these amazing kits every month and am honored to have been given the opportunity.

I leave you today with a card that I created using the June MMM kit...

"Discover"

I started out with the rub-ons on my card base, applying them to the upper-left and lower-right. Next I used a craft knife to lightly spread gesso over everything, but wiping it away from the rub-ons.

The 13 Arts paint in this kit is smooth as butter! I used a mask and a craft knife to create the stenciled design and allowed it to dry on its own. Next I began applying the purple and blue Gelatos along the edges where the stenciled areas were. With a baby wipe, I began to blend them and then discovered that upon doing so, the painted stenciled areas began to blend as well.

Finally, I added the Blue Fern Studios "Techno Rings" chipboard (cut in half) and the Maya Road wood hearts before finishing it all off with a flower cluster.

One more look at the complete MMM Kit:

Thank-you so much for allowing me to share with you all this time.

C'est Magnifique is in great hands and I know there are so many exciting things to come! So stay tuned!

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Hi blog readers. It's Valerie today, and I'd like to share with you a couple layouts and a mixed media piece I have created using the June Kit, "Lazy Days of Summer". This kit features paper from both 7 Dots and KaiserCraft.

For my first layout, I used this gorgeous paper from KaiserCraft. I love the color and detailed background. As soon as I saw it, I remembered this photo of my nephew that I took shortly after he was born. I love his little aviator hat. Black seemed to be the perfect accent color.

I took a softer, more neutral approach with the 7 Dots paper for this layout. I also chose a photo with neutral tones, and added just a bit of color.

To add some interest to the background, I sprayed 3 colors of mist on my craft sheet, in 3 areas. I then placed a 12x12 stencil on the craft sheet and let some of the ink cover it, before removing it and placing it on my background paper. After the mist had dried, I lined up the stencil with the pattern, and applied some super-thick white gesso to add some dimension.

I like to save the flaps from boxes to use as the substrate for mixed media pieces. They are lightweight and best of all.....free! That's what I used for this mixed media piece titled "Fly". The quote, "Until you spread your wings, you'll never know how far you'll fly" is printed on one of the papers from the KaiserCraft collection.

I used the gelatos from the Magnifique Mixed Media Kit to create the background, along with some white paint, paint, mists, and rub-ons.

Next up will be Erin with a layout using the Magnifique Mixed Media Kit. Enjoy your weekend!

Saturday, June 7, 2014

I would like to introduce our latest C'est Magnifique Kits Design team member. Tammy Broadaway from Bono Arkansas. She is going to be a great addition to the team!
Here is just a little information from Tammy until we get her Bio and Picture uploaded.

I have been married for 30 years. I have 3 adult children, two daughters and one son. They are all married, the oldest daughter has my two wonderful grandsons. I have lived in Arkansas for 37 years, after growing up in the military. I have scrapbooked since I was a teenager but today’s type of Scrapbooking since my oldest Grandson was born 14 years ago when my daughter introduced me to the local Scrapbooking Store. My Scrapping Style is mostly “Shabby Chic” or “Vintage”. I love flowers, bling, and ink! I have made some of my best, life long friends through Scrapbooking and I love to attend crops for the day or weekend!

I am thrilled and honored to be invited as a member of the Design Team of C’est Magnifique.
Thanks,
Tammy

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Hi all! It's my turn to share with you all what I have created with the June Kit. It's been a bitter-sweet month for me both personally with saying good bye to my Mother-in-law and working with this amazing kit which is my final kit for C'est Magnifique. I have so enjoyed designing for CM but it seems we are both going forward in new ways! I want to that Leslie for taking a chance on me and I want to wish Deonna all the best as she takes over C'est Magnifique Kits!

Now for my projects! My first project I want to share with you is called "Moments" This kit has so many wonderful elements to choose from I put a little of everything on this layout! Here is little Lucia, who is stunning in her pink flower headband! I did alot of mixed media type techniques from stamping to stenciling with home made modeling paste, to distressing and using paints and gelatos. I even took threads off the brown burlap trim and used them around the little roses on the outer edge of my layout! Such fun!

To create this layout I used the Main Kit, the flower add on, the embellishment add on and the MMM Kit. From my stash I used: stencil, home made modeling paste,gesso, stamp, archival ink,string, leaves.

This layout is in memory of my loving Mother-in-law who passed away May 16/14 and now rests in the loving arms of Jesus. "Mother". This photo is of my MIL and my dear hubby, taken almost 3 yrs ago at our daughters wedding, and she had just celebrated her 90th birthday. She always had this smile and light in her eyes when she talked with any of her children, grandchildren and great grand children. She is fondly remembered and sadly missed. I wanted to keep this layout C&S, which is not really may style at all, but suits Mom.

I used papers from 7 Dots from the Main kit and got out my Martha Stewart punches and punched away! I very lightly inked the edges just to define them a bit more. I used lots of flowers and the cute Prima doily stichers. I altered the Blue Fern Calligraphic Border with distress paints in the metallics and teal chalk ink by Prima.

To create this layout I used the Main kit, the flower add on, and the embellishment add on. From my stash I used: distress paint and inks, border punches, clock die, Inka Gold, and teal chalk ink.

Time for some fun! I bought this wooden plaque from Micheals some time ago with just this kind of project in mind! I call it "She Knew". I made good use of the MMM kit for this one! Lots of paint and sprays and rub on's and gleatos!

To create this project I used the main kit, the flower add on, the embellishment add on and the MM Kit. From my stash I used: gleatos, mists, stencil, home made modeling paste,doll stamp and archival ink.

For my last but not least layout I have "Brotherly Love" to share with you. Jacob just loves his little brother Seth sooo much! When I saw this paper from the Kiasercraft papers that came in the June kit, I knew I would be using this photo with it! I had such fun using the turquoise paint from the MMM kit to make those yummy paint drip at the bottom of the layout. I painted the Blue Fern chippies black, and I made black dashes along each letter in the banner part of the title.

To create this layout I used the Main kit, the flower add on, and embellishment add on and the MM kit. From my stash: memory box die, stencils, home made modeling paste, mists, black paint and pen and cardstock,, wire string, leaves.

Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you gained some inspiration on different ways to use this glorious kit, and please keep posted to the CM blog for future updates and enjoy the new ride! I will be having some updates on my personal blog as well!

Monday, June 2, 2014

Kelly here today, for my final post here at C'est Magnifique. I truly have enjoyed my short time here designing the Magnifique Mixed Media kits...and I am so thankful for the experience - what a great adventure that really opened my eyes up to all of the fun products that are out on the market right now!!

The background for this one was created using the Tim Holtz rub ons, the Gelatos, and the Ayeeda Paints from the kit. My favorite part..the Blue Fern Studios Techno Rings. They really pulled the page design together, I think.

I added just a touch of the turquoise paint to the words on the Prima "Jean Plates" to make them stand out for my title.

One more peek at the kit :)

I want to say a huge "thank you!!!!!" for all of the support of the MMM Kits so far - it has been a great joy to see them so successful, as I am sure they will continue to be :)

Sunday, June 1, 2014

Just to let all of you join in on my excitement I am giving a one time coupon for 10% of any orders from June 1st through July 1st of 2014. Please use the code happy10.
Thank you all so much for going on this ride with me.
Deonna

I am so excited and proud to announce that I have purchased C’est Magnifique Kits. I can’t tell you all how long this has been a dream for me. I have followed C’est Magnifique Kits for a long time and have loved every thing about the business. It is just a dream come true and I am ready to make the most of it!
On top of that this all comes at my birthday so WOW what a Birthday present to me.

This process of purchasing C’est Magnifique Kits was done in a rather short amount of time because we would like to keep every thing up to the high standards as it has been since the beginning with Leslie. We have been working together now to make the transition as smooth as possible.

Camilla, Karita, Ulrika and Vicky are staying on as designers on the C’est Magnifique Kits Design team and Valerie as Design Team Coordinator. We will continue to have the monthly sketches, except for this month, as time did not permit. I will continue to approach this business as my main objective.

As I am an avid scrapper myself I know what we all love and I plan on keeping the kits in the same style. Leslie has committed to help me design the kits for a while. I am determined to grow C’est Magnifique Kits and make it something even better!

Some time in the near future I will have a design team call to get the design team back to what it was and also plan to have guest designers as Leslie has had in the past. Leslie and I are going to be working together for some time to help with this transition and make sure everything moves smoothly, so no fear - things will be great! It is so funny that after all the years I have been a crafter I have finally worked this business into my life as the new owner of C’est Magnifique kits.

I have been photographing my life and the life of my family since the little square flash cubes were on top of a camera. I feel that I am the historian for my LIFE and if I can leave anything of meaning to the world what could be better than documenting a great ride. No one has a perfect life and that is what is so special about being a scrapper. I can tell the good and the not so good but everything that has happened in my life has led me to the spot I am standing in right now and I love it. No regrets!

We are going to change one thing, which was a joint decision. We are going to remove the forums and create our community on our existing Facebook page. Keep that in mind when you want any information and design inspiration. We will still have the blog and store at http://cestmagnifiquekits.blogspot.com and contacting us will be even easier with Facebook.

Now a little about me, I have a wonderful husband that has supported and encouraged me to go with my gut on this venture, two wonderful sons 24 and 27 years old and they have been the light of my life plus combined family of 4 adult children and 10 grandchildren. They all have been used as the focus of my photography for years, whether they liked it or not.

I am originally from Ohio via Naples Florida but have lived in the Memphis area since 2005. I have a large and loving scrappy family with some of my closest friends being those I have met while scrapping.

Some days I think I should pinch myself just to make sure this is all real.